French Open 2018 live stream: How to watch and bet on the second Grand Slam of the year live from Roland Garros, 27 May-10 June 2018

Ten-time champion Rafael Nadal faces first-time major finalist Dominic Thiem for the men's championship as the French Open comes to a dramatic close today: French Open 2018 tennis live from Roland Garros from 27 May-10 June 2018!

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French Open 2018 tournament schedule

Who is playing the French Open in 2018?

Only two men are left standing as the 2018 French Open draws to a dramatic climax on Sunday June 10.

World No. 1 and top seed Simona Halep exorcised the ghosts of her previous three Grand Slam finals and secured an elusive first major title by coming from behind to conquer U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens in three sets on Saturday. The Romanian was down 3-6 0-2 - a scoreline similar to what Halep led Jelena Ostapenko in last year’s French Open final - but staged a brilliant fightback to win 12 of the last 15 games to take home the prestigious silverware. It was the first time that Stephens had lost a final (she was previously 6-0), with Halep remaining No. 1 in the rankings heading into the grass season.

Over on the men’s side, Rafael Nadal is targeting a staggering 11th Roland Garros title after he eased into another final after a crushing straight sets dispatch of Juan Martin del Potro in the semis. Nadal has dropped just one set on his way to the final, where he will take on Austrian enforcer Dominic Thiem - the man many have dubbed the ‘Prince of Clay’ over the last couple of months. Thiem survived a couple of close sets against inspired unseeded Italian Marco Cecchinato in their semi-final before closing out the third emphatically as he also advanced into the final in straight sets. Thiem is the only man to have beaten Nadal on clay in each of the last two years - can he now shock the King of Clay on the biggest stage of them all?

About the French Open

The second Grand Slam of the year is one of the most gruelling and demanding of the tennis season – if not the most demanding for the men, who must compete in best-of-five set matches for a fortnight on the most endurance-requiring surface in the game.

The French Open – otherwise known as Roland Garros, named after the Stade Roland Garros, where the tournament has been held since 1928 – has a long and complicated history. This has seen the tournament change locations and identities multiple times since its founding in 1891. Before 1925, the tournament was open to members of French tennis clubs only, and named the Championnat de France. Originating as a men's event alone, a women's tournament was added for the first time in 1897 – with doubles tournaments beginning to be added in 1902.

As the Championnat de France, the event changed both location and surface several times over. Initially, it was contested in Puteaux, and played on sand laid out on rubble. In moving on the the Racing Club of France, Paris, it changed surfaces to clay, and remained as such throughout periods of time spent in Bordeaux and Auteuil (Paris.)

After a couple more venue changes, the tournament finally came to rest at the Roland Garros stadium in 1928 – the year it officially became a Grand Slam tournament.

The tournament's history can be divided up into three stages: Before 1925 (the French club members only event), 1925-1967, and the Open Era - which is 1968 and beyond. It was only at the beginning of the Open Era that the tournament dropped its title of the 'French Championships' and adopted the major title of the French Open.

In the 1925-1967 era, France's own Henry Cochet won the most editions of the French Open, achieving four (1926, 1928, 1930, 1932). Bjorn Borg of the Open Era bested this record with six titles (1974-75, 1978-81), a tally which nobody expected would be broken. Nevertheless, Rafael Nadal – still an active player – has gone above and beyond with his current all-time record of ten Roland Garros trophies (2005-08, 2010-14, 2017). The Spaniard also holds the record for most consecutive titles won with his five from 2010 to 2014. This also translates into an all-time record, as Frank Parker, Jaroslav Drobny, Tony Trabert and Nicola Pietrangeli of the pre-Open Era only scored two consecutive victories each.

Over with the women, the legendary Suzanne Lenglen won the most titles before the Open Era, triumphing six times (1920-23, 1925-26.) Chris Evert's seven title victories hold the record from 1968 onwards (1974-75, 1979-80, 1983, 1985-86.) Lenglen also holds the pre-Open Era record for most consecutive titles – four – and shares that status with fellow Frenchwoman Jeanne Matthey (1909-12.) In the Open Era, Monica Seles (1990-92) and Justine Henin (2005-07) share the status.

In recent years, the reign of Rafael Nadal, which saw him win nine of ten years between 2005 and 2014 (the exception being 2009 when he suffered a shock defeat to Robin Soderling, creating an opening for Roger Federer to finally complete his career Grand Slam), was suspended by titles for Stan Wawrinka in 2015 and Novak Djokovic in 2016 before Nadal returned in triumph in 2017, capturing 'La Decima' - a tenth title - without dropping a set despite facing Wawrinka in the final. On the women's side, recent years have seen Maria Sharapova (2012, 2014) and Serena WIlliams (2013, 2015) ending a string of one-time champions which included Ana Ivanovic, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Francesca Schiavone and Li Na, while Garbine Muguruza became the first Spanish woman since Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1998 to lift the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen when she claimed her maiden Grand Slam title at the 2016 French Open and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko, just 19 years old, became the first unseeded player in history to win the crown when she captured the title in 2017, defeating Simona Halep in the final.

French Open tournament information

Fast facts about Roland Garros

French Open

Roland Garros

Dates

27 May-10 June 2018

Location

Paris, France

Venue

Stade Roland Garros

Surface

Red clay (outdoors)

Category

Grand Slam

Governing body

French Tennis Federation (FFT)

First played

1891

Draw size

128 singles/64 doubles

Most men's singles titles

Rafael Nadal (10)

Most women's singles titles

Chris Evert (7)

Most consecutive titles (men)

Rafael Nadal (5, 2010-14)

Most consecutive titles (women)

Monica Seles (3, 1990-92), Justine Henin (3, 2005-7)

Youngest winner (men)

Michael Chang (17 years, 3 months)

Youngest winner (women)

Monica Seles (16 years, 6 months)

Oldest winner (men)

Andre Vacherot (40 years, 9 months)

Oldest winner (women)

Zsuzsa Kormorczy (33 years, 10 months)

Current men's singles champion

Rafael Nadal

Current women's singles champion

Jelena Ostapenko

Current men's doubles champions

Ryan Harrison/Michael Venus

Current women's doubles champions

Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Lucie Safarova

Current mixed doubles champions

Gabriela Dabrowski/Rohan Bopanna

Previous French Open champions

Previous winners at Roland Garros (in the Open Era)

Year

Men's champion

Runner-up

Women's champion

Runner-up

1968

Ken Rosewall

Rod Laver

Nancy Richey

Ann Haydon-Jones

1969

Rod Laver (2)

Ken Rosewall

Margaret Court (3)

Ann Haydon-Jones

1970

Jan Kodes

Zeljko Franulovic

Margaret Court (4)

Helga Niessen

1971

Jan Kodes (2)

Ilie Nastase

Evonne Goolagong

Helen Gourlay

1972

Andres Gimeno

Patrick Proisy

Billie Jean King

Evonne Goolagong

1973

Ilie Nastase

Nikola Pilic

Margaret Court (5)

Chris Evert

1974

Bjorn Borg

Manuel Orantes

Chris Evert

Olga Mozorova

1975

Bjorn Borg (2)

Guillermo Vilas

Chris Evert (2)

Martina Navratilova

1976

Adriano Panatta

Harold Solomon

Sue Barker

Renata Tomanova

1977

Guillermo Vilas

Brian Gottfried

Mima Jausovec

Florenta Mihai

1978

Bjorn Borg (3)

Guillermo Vilas

Virginia Ruzici

Mima Jausovec

1979

Bjorn Borg (4)

Victor Pecci

Chris Evert (3)

Wendy Turnbull

1980

Bjorn Borg (5)

Vitas Gerulaitis

Chris Evert (4)

Virginia Ruzici

1981

Bjorn Borg (6)

Ivan Lendl

Hana Mandlikova

Sylvia Hanika

1982

Mats Wilander

Guillermo Vilas

Martina Navratilova

Andrea Jaeger

1983

Yannick Noah

Mats Wilander

Chris Evert (5)

Mima Jausovec

1984

Ivan Lendl

John McEnroe

Martina Navratilova (2)

Chris Evert

1985

Mats Wilander

Ivan Lendl

Chris Evert (6)

Martina Navratilova

1986

Ivan Lendl (2)

Mikael Pernfors

Chris Evert (7)

Martina Navratilova

1987

Ivan Lendl (3)

Mats Wilander

Steffi Graf

Martina Navratilova

1988

Mats Wilander (2)

Henri Leconte

Steffi Graf (2)

Natasha Zvereva

1989

Michael Chang

Stefan Edberg

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

Steffi Graf

1990

Andres Gomez

Andre Agassi

Monica Seles

Steffi Graf

1991

Jim Courier

Andre Agassi

Monica Seles (2)

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

1992

Jim Courier (2)

Petr Korda

Monica Seles (3)

Steffi Graf

1993

Sergi Bruguera

Jim Courier

Steffi Graf (3)

Mary Joe Fernandez

1994

Sergi Bruguera (2)

Alberto Berasategui

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (2)

Mary Pierce

1995

Thomas Muster

Michael Chang

Steffi Graf (4)

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

1996

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Michael Stich

Steffi Graf (5)

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

1997

Gustavo Kuerten

Sergi Bruguera

Iva Majoli

Martina Hingis

1998

Carlos Moya

Alex Corretja

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (3)

Monica Seles

1999

Andre Agassi

Andrei Medvedev

Steffi Graf (6)

Martina Hingis

2000

Gustavo Kuerten (2)

Magnus Norman

Mary Pierce

Conchita Martinez

2001

Gustavo Kuerten (3)

Alex Corretja

Jennifer Capriati

Kim Clijsters

2002

Albert Costa

Juan Carlos Ferrero

Serena Williams

Venus Williams

2003

Juan Carlos Ferrero

Martin Verkerk

Justine Henin

Kim Clijsters

2004

Gaston Gaudio

Guillermo Coria

Anastasia Myskina

Elena Dementieva

2005

Rafael Nadal

Mariano Puerta

Justine Henin

Mary Pierce

2006

Rafael Nadal (2)

Roger Federer

Justine Henin (2)

Svetlana Kuznetsova

2007

Rafael Nadal (3)

Roger Federer

Justine Henin (3)

Ana Ivanovic

2008

Rafael Nadal (4)

Roger Federer

Ana Ivanovic

Dinara Safina

2009

Roger Federer

Robin Soderling

Svetlana Kuznetsova

Dinara Safina

2010

Rafael Nadal (5)

Robin Soderling

Francesca Schiavone

Samantha Stosur

2011

Rafael Nadal (6)

Roger Federer

Li Na

Francesca Schiavone

2012

Rafael Nadal (7)

Novak Djokovic

Maria Sharapova

Sara Errani

2013

Rafael Nadal (8)

David Ferrer

Serena Williams (2)

Maria Sharapova

2014

Rafael Nadal (9)

Novak Djokovic

Maria Sharapova (2)

Simona Halep

2015

Stan Wawrinka

Novak Djokovic

Serena Williams (3)

Lucie Safarova

2016

Novak Djokovic

Andy Murray

Garbine Muguruza

Serena Williams

2017

Rafael Nadal (10)

Stan Wawrinka

Jelena Ostapenko

Simona Halep

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French Open 2018 live stream: How to watch and bet on the second Grand Slam of the year live from Roland Garros, 27 May-10 June 2018

Ten-time champion Rafael Nadal faces first-time major finalist Dominic Thiem for the men's championship as the French Open comes to a dramatic close today: French Open 2018 tennis live from Roland Garros from 27 May-10 June 2018!